The Black Tavern (黑店) is a 1972 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by Teddy Yip and produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio, starring Shih Szu.
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Cast
Shih Szu as Zhang Caiping
Ku Feng as Zheng Shoushan
Tung Li as Zha Xiaoyu
Kong Ling as Jing Lü
Kwok Chuk-hing as Jing Hong
Barry Chan as Jing Hu
Dean Shek as the wandering monk
Yeung Chi-hing as Hai Gangfeng
Wang Hsieh as Gao Sanfeng
Yue Fung as Sanniang
Situ Lin as Doggie
Law Hon as the tavern cook
Lee Ho as Liu Tong
Wu Ma as the leader of the Xiangxi Five Ghosts
Yau Ming as Three-headed Cobra
Chiang Nan as a skilled robber
Liu Wai as Hu
Chan Chan-kong as Hu's partner
Yeung Chak-lam as a robber
Chu Gam as Tai'an
Unicorn Chan as Three-headed Cobra
Yuen Wah as Xiangxi Ghost
Sa Au as a Xiangxi Ghost / constable
Ho Kei-cheong as constable
Mars as Official Hai's servant
Jackie Chan as Official Hai's servant
Ling Hon as the restaurant book keeper
Yi Fung as a waiter
Cheung Hei as a restaurant guest
Wong Yuet-ting as a restaurant guest
Gam Tin-chue as a restaurant guest
Reception
Hayley Scanlon wrote: "[...] the incredibly fast-paced action sequences and the dark humour that accompanies them lend the film an epic quality despite its tight duration along with an ironic kind of cynicism that insists this world is simply too silly to be evil but that the scum of the martial arts world will pay all the same.